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Photo by Todd Lester
Chelsea RB Chase Stracener (3) runs the football during a game between Chelsea and Spain Park on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, at Jaguar Stadium in Hoover.
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Photo by Todd Lester
Chelsea RB Chase Stracener (3) runs the football during a game between Chelsea and Spain Park on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024, at Jaguar Stadium in Hoover.
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Photo by Richard Force
Chelsea running back Chase Stracener (3) runs with the ball during a game between the Chelsea Hornets and the Pelham Panthers at Ned Bearden Stadium on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 in Birmingham, Ala.
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Photo by Richard Force
Chelsea running back Chase Stracener (3) runs with the ball during a game between the Chelsea Hornets and the Pelham Panthers at Ned Bearden Stadium on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 in Birmingham, Ala.
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Photo by Richard Force
Chelsea running back Chase Stracener (3) celebrates the game-winning touchdown with a coach during a game between the Chelsea Hornets and the Pelham Panthers at Ned Bearden Stadium on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024 in Birmingham, Ala.
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Photo by Richard Force
Chelsea running back Chase Stracener (3) gets around the edge during a game between Chelsea and Calera on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, at Chelsea High School.
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Chelsea captain Chase Stracener (3) listens to the officials during the coin toss before a game between Chelsea and Calera on Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, at Chelsea High School.
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Photo by David Leong
Chelsea running back Chase Stracener (3) carries the ball during a game between the Chelsea Hornets and the Mobile Christian Leopards on Friday, Aug. 23, 2024 at Chelsea High Stadium in Chelsea, Ala.
Thursday marks 50 days until the Chelsea High School football team kicks off the 2025 season.
Chelsea running back Chase Malone will lead the Hornets onto the field Aug. 22, as his team hosts Charles Henderson in the season opener.
Malone, a senior, burst onto the scene last fall and a huge season. He rushed for 1,601 yards and 17 touchdowns in a breakout campaign. Chelsea won its first six games in 2024 before falling in the last five, but the Hornets were still able to make their first playoff appearance since 2021.
Preparation is underway for this year's award-winning Under the Lights preseason magazine. Stay tuned to 280 Living and to the Under the Lights social media channels to follow along, as the 2025 season approaches.
Under the Lights covers Chelsea among its 11 schools and is counting down the days until the start of the season.
51 days: Charlie Taaffe
50 days: Chase Malone
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